Lollipops were a favorite treat for children a few centuries ago. Our ancestors gave them the shape of animals and birds, for some reason the most popular was the cockerel. Today’s children, instead of these candies, are asking for a lollipop. This delicacy came to us from abroad during the period of perestroika and pressed traditional sweets, although it was not much different from the usual candies. This is the same caramel on a stick, only in the shape of a ball, in which toffee can be hidden. Chupa Chups produce different colors, with different flavors and aromas, which are often responsible artificial additives. It is impossible to be sure of the safety of the treat when it is purchased. If you are afraid that it will cause allergies to your child or cause other harm to his health, and your child begs to feed him with candy, you have nothing else to do but to make chupa chups at home. To do this, you do not need any expensive ingredients or complex equipment - this simple dessert is prepared quite simply and inexpensively.
Cooking Features
Preparation of the lollipop at home is not a difficult task. If you accurately follow the directions in the recipe and take a few moments into account, tasty and beautiful lollipops will be obtained from the first time even by an inexperienced cook.
- Lollipops are frozen caramel. It can be boiled from sugar with the addition of water or juice, sometimes natural thickeners are added to the composition. The ingredients are mixed, heated and boiled to the desired thickness. To caramel in the process is not burnt, you need to constantly mix, move away from the walls of the dish.
- If the fruit mass is not mixed when cooking caramel, it will be more transparent. But then it will be possible to heat it only with steam or water bath (otherwise it will burn). The process will take a lot of time. Is it worth it to complicate the task, you decide for yourself.
- It is impossible to use powdered sugar for the preparation of the Chupa Chups, only granulated sugar will be suitable, and it is better not too fine.
- It is desirable to have a special shape for making chupa chups, it is often sold complete with chopsticks. If you could not get it, you can replace the molds for candy or candy, even small silicone forms for muffins. An ice container is also suitable, especially if it allows you to make ice in the form of balls. You can find recipes that allow you to do without any form at all by forming balls with your hands.
- It is not necessary to replace plastic chupa sticks with toothpicks - a child can injure the sky with them. It is better to use ear sticks, freeing them from cotton wool.
Before use, chupa chups should harden, it takes at least 2-3 hours, but sometimes more.
Recipe for “real” chupa chups (as in the store)
Composition:
- corn syrup - 0, 2 l;
- sugar - 0, 2 kg;
- water - 180 ml;
- flavoring - 5 ml (if the manufacturer did not specify a different dosage);
- liquid food dye - 2 drops (unless otherwise specified by the manufacturer).
Method of preparation:
- Moisten and assemble molds for making chupas.
- Insert a wand into each mold.
- Combine sugar, syrup and water, mix, place in a saucepan, put on a slow fire. Heat, stirring, until the sugar is completely dissolved.
- After the mixture is smooth, stop stirring. Wait until the syrup boils and heats to a temperature of 120-130 degrees.
- Add color and flavor, mix.
- As soon as the mixture reaches a temperature of 150 degrees, remove the pan from the heat.
- Pour the hot caramel into a glass or ceramic container.
- Carefully pour it into the molds.
- Remove the caramel-filled tins into the fridge. Leave for 2-3 hours.
- Remove clips from molds, release candies. Wrap them with candy wrappers or foil.
The sweets prepared according to this recipe practically do not differ from the shop sweets, and they are made according to similar technology.
The classic recipe for fruit Chupa Chups from juice
Composition:
- fruit or berry juice (cherry is good) - 80 ml;
- sugar - 180 g;
- Confectionery powder (optional) - for decoration.
Method of preparation:
- Mix juice with sugar.
- Place in a metal mug, put on fire.
- Over medium heat, bring the sweet mixture to a boil.
- Turn down the intensity of the flame.
- Heat the mixture, stirring slowly, over low heat for 8-10 minutes.
- Pour hot caramel over ice or lollipops. You can also use forms for cupcakes, but in them candy canes turn out to be disproportionately large, very different from the traditional ones.
- Let the caramel stand for a while at room temperature. Without waiting until it hardens, insert chopsticks into future candy.
- Sprinkle the caramel with confectionary powder, put it in the fridge. After 3-4 hours it will be ready for use.
Give the candies prepared according to this recipe, the classic round shape, you can manually. For this hot caramel is poured into tablespoons and allowed to cool to an acceptable temperature. After that, balls are made of hot, but not burning, caramel, sticking sticks in them. For beauty, balls can be sprinkled with confectionery dressing. It remains to wrap the treats in foil and put in the refrigerator until completely cured.
Chupa Chups of fruit puree
Composition:
- pulp of bananas, apples, pears - 0, 25 kg;
- sugar - 150 g;
- honey - 50 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Cut the flesh of the fruit into medium-sized cubes and turn into mashed potatoes using a blender.
- Mix fruit puree with sugar and honey. Put on a slow fire.
- Wait until the sweet ingredients melt. At this time they need to be stirred to prevent burning.
- Continue cooking for 20-40 minutes until the mass thickens. Cooking time depends on the initial thickness of the fruit puree.
- Spread the mass in molds, insert the sticks into it.
After removing the dessert in the fridge, wait until it hardens. According to this recipe, Chupa Chups are more useful than those made in the traditional way.
Chocolate Chupa Chups
Composition:
- sugar - 0, 4 kg;
- cocoa powder - 50 g;
- honey - 25 g;
- water - 50 ml;
- refined vegetable oil - 50 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Pour sugar into the pan, cover it with water and butter, add cocoa powder and honey.
- Put the pan on a slow fire. Heat until sugar has melted.
- Mix well the mass and continue to heat it on the stove, stirring for 30 minutes.
- Remove the chocolate caramel container from the fire. Leave at room temperature.
- When the caramel stops being scorching hot, take it with a teaspoon, roll it into balls or form small figures from it.
- Insert a plastic or wooden stick into each figure.
- Wrap the balls in foil and leave to cool. In the refrigerator, they reach the desired density after 2, 5 hours, at room temperature they will harden a little longer.
This version of the Chupa Chups will appeal to chocolate lovers.
Milk Chupa Chups
Composition:
- cream - 100 ml;
- sugar - 0, 2 kg;
- vanillin - 2 g;
- butter - 50 g;
- nuts (optional) - for sprinkling.
Method of preparation:
- Mix the cream with sugar.
- Heat over low heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved.
- Continue heating until the mixture has a caramel color.
- Add vanillin. Stir. It is necessary to achieve homogeneity, the presence of lumps in caramel spoil the taste of delicacy.
- After vanillin has dissolved, add butter, mix caramel well, remove from heat.
- When the caramel has cooled so much that it becomes safe to pick it up, make balls from it.
- Crumble the nuts with a knife or chop it to a large crumb condition in any other way.
- Dip caramel balls in a nut crumb, string them on sticks.
- Wrap the balls in foil and put them in the fridge for freezing.
The Chupa Chups of this recipe is appetizing in appearance and smells seductively. The taste of candy will not disappoint you either.
Chupa Chups with Coca Cola
Composition:
- Coca-Cola - 0, 25 l;
- sugar - 0, 3 kg.
Method of preparation:
- Mix soda with sugar. Warm up
- Boil for 30-40 minutes, stirring until the mixture thickens.
- Pour the caramel into the cups, insert the sticks into it.
After caramel has hardened, it should be wrapped in foil so that nothing sticks to it.
Chupa Chups, cooked at home, can not be called a useful product, because it contains a huge amount of sugar. But nevertheless this delicacy is safer than purchased lollipops, especially if it is made without adding dyes and flavors.
